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  1. Muscarà, Calogero [ Autor/In ]

    Mega-cities ... and mega-city regions - 2: World - Giant cities, urban management and the global economy - Given that "the future of mega-cities is bound to a fragile equilibrium as to their capacity to resolve the contrasts between democracy and effectiveness, between social justice and good administration, between accelerated expansion and corresponding amenities, services and infrastructures" and that "the cause of underdevelopment is not lack of resources" but "the incapacity to become economically self-propulsive," ... "the direction to be taken remains that of turning major human settlements into global" cities where" the main function is that of an axis - That is, an area of connection with the global network" - Assuming that the "global cities become the wedge for their transference into megalopolises which then could become a step in the direction of Ecumenopolis ..."

    Ekistics , 1998

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  2. Mega, Voula [ Autor/In ]

    Futures 1 - Environmental, demographic and territorial dimensions of sustainable development - The evolution of urbanization, demographic characteristics and dynamics of land use patterns, as reflected in selected major urban centers of the world and in OECD regions: The role of strategic spatial planning in reconciling competitiveness and sustainability policy objectives at all territorial levels of governance from supra-national to local

    Ekistics , 1999

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  3. Mega, Voula [ Autor/In ]

    Urban innovations in the European Union - Towards European sustainable cities - "Even if each city is unique, they all crystallize a certain number of great modern-day worries and they share a great number of common expectations" such as commitment to sustainability; urban eco-auditing; appropriate urban mobility; prevention and fighting social exclusion; an intelligent art of planning; and the development and implementation of "innovative projects ... (as) witnesses of the strategic visions that cities try to develop."

    Ekistics , 1996

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  5. Mega, Voula [ Autor/In ]

    Mega-cities ... and mega-city regions - 2: World - Bangkok -- The mega-city of angels - The capital of Thailand, Asia's fifth tiger, which is now facing huge economic problems - A gigantic highly problematic yet charming human agglomeration - Has come to the end of an era of informal, unplanned, uncoordinated and unregulated land use and development and now finds itself in "a transition from a highly centralized urban system focusing on a primary city into a more sophisticated and diverse urban network, a complex, multi-modal, polycentric system of settlements, with significant and subtle differences in their functional or operational attributes": The authorities must become conscious that "equity and environmental progress are not to be dealt with after recovery; they are preconditions for the re-conquest of prosperity"

    Ekistics , 1998

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  6. Mega, Voula [ Autor/In ]

    Urban innovations in the European Union - Creative Innovations for the vigorous city - In "micro-projects for mega-change ... new elements have to be injected into the reciprocating" urban "system and activate older elements towards the desired direction (of establishing urban) sustainability -- Environmental, socio-political, and economic" -- The concept, targets and achievements of the "Urban Innovations in the European Union" project undertaken by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, based on a reconnaissance overview of 110 initiatives by all member states

    Ekistics , 1996

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